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ROBERT G. GRISWOLD, 0F CHATTANOOG MAILING MACHINERY COMPANY, OF TION OF'TENNESSEE.

A, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR T0 MONTAGUE CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, A comone- SELECTOR PRINTING MECHANISM.

Application filed September [0 all 'llhO'I/L it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT G. GmswoLD, citizen of the United States, residing at Chattanooga, Tenn, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Selector lrinting Mechanism, of which the following is a specification.

-M v invention relates to printing apparatus employing a series of individual printing plates or stencils havingdhe pri ting characters emhossed thereon or f0 med therein, said plates'being moved one after another through the machine to have the impressions made therefrom upon the de" sired form sheets, strips or other articles and the inventionconcerns means whereby the plates may be selected for printing.

The invention consists in the features and t-mnhination and arrangement of parts herematter described and particularly pointed In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of the machine embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a portion of the machine.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a portion of said machine showing other features. 1

Fig. 3 is a detail View.

Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation in detail of a portion of the machine.

Fig. is a. detail plan of the interior cons strut-tion and arrangement. of a portion of the machine. I

Fig. Bis a plan view of the printing machine showing the selecting device in place.

Fig. 7 is a front elevation of .Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a portion of the contact carrying frame of said selecting uevtce.

Fig. 9 is an isometric view of the special contact, plate for use inconnection with-said selecting device inspecial cases. I )ne of the printingplates is shown directly beneath it.

Fig. '10 is a diagrammatic sketch of a portion of a printing plate with a movable identification and classification tab and with a selecting lever, as shown in Fig. 9,-s'uperimposed in operative and non-operative po-' sitions over the plate, thec-arrier plateiffor lhe selecting lever heing omit-ted. 1

Fig. '11 is a plan of a portion of said printing plate with selecting lever as shown "in Fig. 9-superlmposcd over said printing plate,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1918.

16,1914. Serial No. 861,973.

the carrier plate for the selecting lever being omitted.

Fig. 12 is a side relay magnet.

Fig. 13 is the end elevation of the special selecting plate, by means of which compound classifications may be effected.

Fig. 14 is a plan view of said special selecting plate. i

Fig. 15 is a frontelevation of said special selecting plate.

Fig. 16 is a bottom selecting plate.

Fig. 17 is 'a side elevation of the special selecting plate showing means of connecting contact plugs with terminals of leads and elevation of a selecting view of the special as hereinafter described.

Fig. 18 is a front elevation of said special selecting plate showing the connector in place and the selecting device associated with a printing plate.

relay magnets. or special operating magnets,

Fig. 19 is a plan of a special classification card for use in connect-ion with special selecting plate. I

Figs. 19", 19 are v1ews of modlfieatlons.

Fig. 20 is a. wiring diagram for said selecting device in connection with the printing machine. for simple classifications.

Fig. 21 is a wiring diagram showing the connections for the compound selector plate and compound classification.

Fig. 22 is a wiring diagram for the special arrangement of selector for use in conneclion-with a printing machine having multiple heads for the purpose of selecting one or more classifications from a mixed list of printing plates. Fig, 23 shows a wiring diagram.

Fig. 24 is a diagram showing the use of a series of plates according to my invention.

with printing machines ofvarious forms I show it in connection with a machine of the Montague tvpe in which address or printing plates are fed one after the other in line along a runway, from a hopper to an impres- The 4 While the invention may be carried out.

hopper for the printing plates is show at 8, and the impression head at 43 in Fig.

Fi s. fiigs. 6 and 7 indicate at 10, 10, 10

In this instance but a single impression head is shown but this impression head may be of amultiple character, each member of said head bem disposed over the runway for the plates an I have indicated'such a head in the diagram in Fig. 22, the impression pads hein 43, 43, 43343. The plates are fed. step y step from the hopper to the impression head, these being indicated at 16 in 4, 8 and diagrammatically in Fig. 20.

,,10!!I 10 different stations at which the plates rest momentarily in passing from the hopper 8 to the printing point under the impression head 43 in Fig. 7.

After leaving the impression point 10" under the impression head the plates are fed onward to a stacker chute oi' rcceivin hop per 11. The feed of the plates may is effected in various ways either by a reciprocating shuttle bar having dogs to engage the. plates or by an endless feed chain having engaging dogs.

' My invention may be embodied in a ma-. chine for performing simple selection orclassification or in a. machine for perform-- ing compound classification. In the .former case theselcction would bemade" according to whether the plate belongs in one class or another, while in tl'll, latter case i. e. compound classification the plate would be selected in accordance, first, whether it belonged in a generic or basic class and second, whether it belonged in a subclass of the general or basic class. In other words, a list may be made up of a number of general classes 2'. a. General Managers, Purchasing i'Xgents. tihief Engineers. Under each of these we may have subclasses as General Managers, Purchasing Agents, and Chief Engineers of Mines. Now supposing we want to print General Managers and not print any of the others, this would be simple classification, but if we want to print General Managers of Mines, this would be compound selection or classification, because we would have to select General Managers as distinguished from. Purchasing Aga and Chief Engineers'and of the Gencrarr anagcrs we would select only those of mines. I will first describe simple selection or classification.

Simple selection 01' classification.

At a point intermediate thc'hopper 8 and the impression head I show in one form of my invention a selecting mcchanismflwhich is intended. tosclcot certain of the plates for printing and-to allow other plates to pass the printing point without having an impression made therefrom. I Selecting devicesF-havc been proposed heretofore in which the "selecting is done while the n'inting plate is at the stat ion next precedinmthe impression point but it is not always es'irsition Fig. 8', the

able to have selecting mechanism applied in this close relation to the printing point as this space may be employed to locate devices for other uses. With my invention it is pos sible to locate the selecting mechanism at any desired distance from the printing point or in other words at any desired station occupied by the plates intermediate the hopper 8 and the printing point and I will now describe such mechanism.

1 indicates a special contact plate or comb located at the selecting station which as shown in Fig. 7 is the station 10", this being a number of stations preceding the point at which the imprcssion is made. This comb comprises a plate having fingers 13 which may be bent down by cam levers 15 so that said fingers will contact with selector pro- Jections 14 or other devices carried by the printing plates. In the instance illustrated thcse [)lOJCCtiOIlS are embossed on the plates and maybe letters or characters of the alphabet so that the typograph machine ordinarlly used for embossing the letter charactors may be employed for making the selector embossings. The comb is carried in a frame made up of the parts 5, 6 and the base of the frame being marked 7, while (3 indicates a cover plate. The comb plate may be removed a nd replaced byanother selecting plate which may be designed to do special work.

The'frame 5 which carries the comb or sclecting plate is movably carried in the base of the selector. Vertical movement is given to the selector plate or comb by a rod 2,

lever 3 and a cam 12 on the shaft 4. 7

comb l and carrying frame e comb plate is in an open circuit with an electromagnet 12, Figs. 5, and 20 and the eleotromagnet is energized whenever the comb plate s lowered and one or more of its fingers come 1n contact wlth the selector projections on the printing plate. By setting the cam levers 15 which are pi votally mounti ed on the comb platein the dotted line pocorresponding spring finger 13 of the comb plate will be depressed so that when the entire comb plateisyl'mw cred this depressed finger or fingers 13 will close the circuit through the printing plate by contacting with the selector projection thereon, whereas all the other spring fingers ofv the comb plate which have not been set or adjusted downwardly by their correspondin c'am levers 15 Will not come in contact with the printing plate.

Fig. 20 illustrates the fact that the printi'ng plate when located at the selecting slation i. a. under the selector, is in circuit. This circuit can be formed in various ways, it being'suflicient to say that the printing plate when in the position indicated rests upon a frame part, which is in the circuit or any special contact may be provided.

The teeth or fingers of the comb plate correspond in pitch or distance apart to that of the selector or classification projee tions upon the printing plates.

Fig. 4 indicates that the selector comb finger or tooth 13 at the left has been depressed or set down by the cam lever 15, the WllOlG'CODlb being in its upper position however. Now when the comb is lowered by the operation of the rod 2, the finger 13 at the left will contact with the selector or classification projection on the printing plate and the circuit to the magnet 12 will be closed.

It is thus seen that anyparticular linger corresponding to any predetermined classification projection position may be thrown at will, so as to cause an electrical contact to be made with any plate carrying a projection corresponding to this exact position, while all other projections not in this position will --not cause electrical connection to be made.

Immediately upon the completion of this electrical contact a complete circuit. is formed through the printing plate, 16, and finger 13 of the comb, the bed of the selecting plate 1, and the carrying frame 5,:md thence to one term nal of the winding of the operating magnets 12, thence back to the source of supply and to the printing plate, The instant this circuit is closed the magnets 12 draw the armature 18, which is pivoted upon pin 19, toward them, the free end 20 pushing the contact pin 21 toward the periphery of the: rotating impression control drum 22 until it occupies the posi-' tion as shown by the contact pin at 23. Im-

; mediately upon the movement. of the select ing plate away from the printing plate, the circuit is broken, and the armature 18 is returned to its normal position by means such as a spring 24.

The plates are moved from one position to another by means of a chain or bar 35,

-which is provided with pawls or dogs 25* 'WhlCh engage said plates and carrv them with it into the next consecutive position.v

{Said chain, or bar, has immovably mounted ilpon anarm 26, which carries a roll 27, which'ii turn engages With a lever 28 which through cans of a pawl. 29 causes a partial rotation of drum 2-2 for each movement of the'ba'r'2 5. The drum 22 is provided with a plurality of contact pins 21,30, 23, 3 33, 34 and 35, said number of pins being equ'al to or greater than the number I 1 plate positions or stationscxisting between [he position 'or stationof the selector and the position of the plate when it is being print:- ed from. When the contact pin 21 is thrown outinto the position indicated by the pins 23 and 31 it. remains in this position until the step iu'oi' emcnt of the lever 28 has rarricd the drum 22 around and until the pin 21 comes into contact with the contact point 4-56, when a completed circuit is formed theretlnrongh to lead 37 and the printing arm control'magnet 38, in Figs. 7 and 20, and thence by means of another lead through the source of supply and back to the contart point as shown diagrammatically in l igs. :20' '1. The electromagnets 38, control the movement of a latch lever 39, pivotally carried by the lever arm 42 of the impression head. This latch lever, when drawn down by the magnets, engages with a stop it) carried by the constantlymoving portion of the printing mechanism consisting of the lever -ll operated by the cam 12* on shaft .4, Fig 7. \Vhen the above n'lent-ioned circuit'is cone plctcd the magnet 38 draws the catch lever 3!.) down until it catches over the point it) and causes the levers 11 and +2 to be c on nectcd with each other sothat the movement of lever 41 will cause corresponding movement of lever 42, thus depressing the printing hcad'lil, until it causes the impression from thcprinting plate to be made upon any object placed beneath it and the printing plate shown in position 10.

lVhcn drum 22 is moved to another position, the pin 21 which we have been considering as in position 32 moves away from the contact 36 breaking-the circuit of the electromagnet 38, releasing catch-lever 39, when the swinging arm all may perform its oscillations without afi'cctiug the printing arm -!2. and this connection will not again pro.- vail until another pin. on the drum 213 has been mov cd around until it makes a contact with contact point 36. After any of the contact pins 31, 30, etc, have passed the coulact point 36, they are brought into contact with a cam plate 4-4 which by reason of its position returns the contact plugs to their original position, as shown at 33 and 31, Fig. 5. when, they will again be ready to be pushed into active position by armat re lb. This impression controlling drum 22 thus accurately determines the operation of the printing arm l2 and the impression head -lil.

when the printing plate has arrived at position It), as'iiulicattul in'l ig. T and any plate which passes under the. special selector plate 1 and which does not have a classil' contact point coinciding in position the lingers oi" the comb that have been (l('|-)l( .\'h't(l by int-unsof the cam lever .15, will fail to.

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operate the magnets '12, and thus the ('.()II;

charge hopper and by means of this arrangement any desired selection of plates or stenoils may be made from the original list by simply moving the cam levers corresponding to the position. of the classification projections or orifice in the plates or stencils which are to be printed.

It will be observed that the member 22 is in the form of a rotary drum but I do not limit myself in this respect. This member progresses with the feed of the plates making one movement for each feeding action of the plates.

My invention also includes means to prevent error in moving the cam levers 15 and to' facilitate the operation of the selecting device, by reason of the introduction of a classification card 45, which slips over dowels 46, Fig. 1. Upon this card may be printed, or otherwise indicated, the position of the classification,projections as embossed or otherwise located upon the plate or stencil, and when a definite scheme of placing these 1 classification projections'upon the plates or 47, bridge 49 stencils is followed, the said location cards may be printed to use at any time for the determination of the classification fingers of the comb.

In order to facilitate the use of my selector in connection with a series of printing plates or stencils such as are already in use and whichare provided with movable tabs, as shown in Figs. 10..and 11, I have provided an extra plate which may be inserted in carrying frame 5, in place of special se-. lector comb plate 1. This special plate 47 carries an ad ustable contact lever, 48, which carries the contact point 49, which may be movi'zd into either position 50 or 51, as indicmd in Fig. 10; or 52 and 53 as indicated in Fig. 11. The contact point 49 may then be broughtinto contact with the movable tag 55 as shown in Fig. 10; -or movable tag 56, as shown in Fig. .11, and the selecting accomplished in accordance with the predetermined position of these tags with reference to the data carried upon the plates or stencils themselves. The contact may be made between lever 48 and contact bridge 49, which is also carried on plate trically with electromagnets 12 for operating plate control drum 22, ashcreinbefore described. Special plates 55 of plates 1 and 47, for the may be construct.- frame5, in lieu purpose of performing special classifications.

(Impound selection or classification.

Realizing that there are many times when simple classifications as above indicated cannot meet all of the requirements to which printing machines are subjected, I have also included in my invention a compound selectmg device,

ed and inserted in carrying being connected in series elec-- on the printing plate and whereby the selection of plates" or stencils ma with a classi cation that may or may not depend upon the prime classification. For instance, exist in a large list comprisin" general managers, superinten ents, purchasing agents, chief engineers, electrical e neers, etc., and it was desired to use set of plates in addressing a series of advertising or other matter to .all of the e managers and f I purchasing agents 0 in Wlllch compre$ed air was used, and to no others, it may be readily seen that the simple classification first mentioned would not neral mines meet this condition where the plates also carry classification projections corresponding to various class of mines, such as those using air, those using electricity and not air, those using both electricity and air; etc.

There is great need of a device which will ordinate classifications, and I have invented a device which :will accomplish this result.

I accomplish this result in my invention by the use of a special selector plate 57, Figs. 5, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 21, which can be inserted in the supporting frame 5, Fig. 5 in lieu of the special selector plates 1 and 47 hereinbefore described. This spe- These do not have contact points as 58 butthe group 60 has lead wires 61 extending therefrom, Fig. 21, to relays 67. These relays may be arranged in various ways, the elcctro-magnets of these relays being indi- (rated at 63*. These relay magnets are also illustrated in Fig. 12. Each of these relay magnets as shown in Fig. 21, is connected with a common lead wire 6 extending to the relay battery 3 from which a lead wire 0 extends to the printing plate runway at the station 10 at which the selector mechanism islocated as before described. The contacts 58 are the ones which .close, the relay circuit through the selector. projections for enabling this circuit to be closedaccordin to the general class to which the plates be ong, which are to be printed I employ a special connector 69, Figs. 5, 17 18, which has a pair of spring sockets 69*, one of which fits over the pin 59 of contact 58 and the other over the desired plug 60 so as to electrically connect these two. a r

In making this selection a special index card 72, Fig. 5, may be employed to. facilit'ate t k of the operator, said'card behe performed in accordance if a series of printing plates should the names. of

classif; such matte-r upon the basis of subconnector 64 Fig. 21, any terminal 63' can ing arranged to lie upon the top of the compurpose of determining the exact position of the index card. This card is providedfwith classification information as shown 2'. 0; classes of ofiici ls, classes of mines, and classes of busin See. In the example shown the special connector 69 at the left has been placed to select the general class of Electrical meaning electrical engineers. With this connector in place and with a plate at station 10 havin selector or contact projections with which the contact 58, new connected by connector 69 to a plug 60, engages, the relay circuit will be closed energizing the magnet 63 of the selected lead 61 and the armature of this relay ,will be drawn down to close another circuit at 65, 66, Figs. 12 and 21. The operat however when he places the left hand connector 69, Fig. 5, in position to make the selection as to the general classification i. e. ElectricalEngineers, also at the same time places another connector 69 2'. euthe right hand one, Fig. 5 to select mine at, which may be for instance indicative of mines operated by electricity and air. The placing of this second connector 69* is for selectin the sub-class just mentioned, falling un er the general or generic class above mentioned. This second connector it will be noticed connects one of the pins of the right hand group 59' with one of the plugs 60 of the ,right hand group of Figs. 14, 18 and 5.

The closing of the relay circuit itwill be noticed has no immediate or direct effect on the magnet 12 before mentioned and therefore this circuit closing alone will not cause the setting of the pin 21 of the rotary step by step controller 22 and the consequent operation of the printing head at a later period by coming in contact with the contact. 36 but it will require that another circuit be closed through the second connector 69*, that is a selection of a subclass, before the ma net willbe energized and this broadly speaking constitutes the compound selection or classification above mentioned.

The group of plugs 60 at the right of' Fi s. 5 and 14 are connected with terminal soc ets 62 of the multiple relay indicated generally in Figs. 5 and 21 by the numeral 67 and in the diagram this connection is indicated by the'leads 61. The contacts 65 of the said relays are connected as shown in Fig. 21 to terminal sockets 63'. By using a be connected with any terminal socket 62. The contacts 66 of the relays are connected individually and electrically with the lead wire (5 which includes the battery :12 and the printing determining magnet 12 and the printing plate when on the runway at station 10". Now supposing a printing plate is resting at the station 10 having selector or c assifying projections thereon corresponding to or to register with the contacts 58 of both i the left hand connector 69, Fig. 5 and the right hand connector 69 and also that the connector 61 is connecting the proper terminals 62 and 63 and also supposing that the selector plate is being lowered by the rod 2 as before described to make these contacts engage with the selector projection on the printing plates representing both the general class and sub-class to which the printing platef belongs, the relay circuit will be closed across the connector 69 at the left of Figs. 5-an'd 21 and the contacts 65 and 66 will be closed. Also in the main circuit d, 61 will be closed at the printing 'plate and connector 69' and at the contacts 65 and 66 so that the current from main battery X will pass through the magnet 12 causing this to draw armature 18 and set contact pin 21 in position to engage contact 36 when in the step by step movement of the rotary controller consequent upon the operation of the plate feeder, the said pin is brought to the'said contact 36. In other words, it requires contact of the selector with the printing plate at a plurality of point before the magnet 12 will be energized. In the example mentioned electrical contact must be made at two )oints in this compound selection but it will e' understood that compound selecting may require electrical contact of the selector with the printing plate at a larger number of points. As in the form first described in connection with the diagram of Fig.20 the electromagnet 38 for operating the impression head is in a branch of the main circuit cl.

My invention includes a division of the contact points into a plurality of series, ahd also a division of the relay magnets into a plurality of series for the purpose of scilrmg what may be described as triple,-q1 1 adruple, quintuplc, etc., selections or class flca; t'ions which may all be effected by means of alterations in the connections without affecting the design or constructionlof the selector, although I do not limit my invention to the particular design shown inthe drawings. v v.

.The above arrangement of compound selector plate, together with its manifold con nections, enables the operator of the printing machine provided with this device to select corresponding clamifications with reference to the subordinate classifications without in any way handling the plates or stencils, it merely being necessary to provide said plates or stencils with a system these plates and pro ides in My invention also incorporates in this automatic selector, a means whereby a control disk 73', Fig. 2, may be used to control the printing of certain-plates bearing addresses or other information corresponding to a series of accounts, such as ledger accounts, for the purpose of imprinting upon statements or envelops the namesgand addresses of the persons mentioned in said accounts. Under present systems in using similar rinting machines it is necessary for the ookkeeper to first go through a series of platesand adjust the movable t b, placing it in a definite osition, so that t 'e simple selectors-heretof rc used may come in contact therewith and cause the printing head to .be depressed, making an imprint from these specific plates. My invention obviates the necessity for handling its stead a mastery disk or sheet bearing upon its surface a series of numbers corresponding to the numbers and position of the respective plates in their filing trays. When it is necessary to print a series of statements or envelops corresponding to any particular classification or selection of plates, this master plate, (which may be made of any material, but preferably of paper) is placed;v upon a special punching machine bearing a zero and a series of numbers; thengflas n. series of accounts is gone over, those ac counts for which statements and envelo s are required are indicated by moving til disk until the number thereon, corresponding to the serial number of the plate is directly under the punch, when a hole is punched through it, as shown in Fig. 2 at means of a swing i. The blank spaces between the punched orifices corresponds to the accounts for which no statement or envelop is needed. This master disk is then placed in a position shown in Fig. 2 upon its rotating carrier 75, in Fig. 4, its definite position in relation thereto. bein dowel pins 76 and ti? e spring retainer 77 serves'to hold it closely to the late. This holder 77 may be removed easi y from the carrier 75 for the removal the paper disk ' he rotat'on of the -.disk !5 is secnred in intermittent ste s corresponding to the number or num ers printed] thereon, by lever 78 which, is pivoted at 79, and carries an operatingpawl 80 which engages in theteeth provided in the periphery of the disk 75, and moving it through'one-division with eve movement 78, which is contro led by sliding block 81, which in turn is'joperated by oscillating lever 28 shown in, Figs. iand' 5, the-"connection between sliding block 81 and lover .TS beiEgefl'ected by pin 82; lever as. being return to its position of rest by 'springSS and limited n its movement contact button which maintained by the by the stop 84, which may form a part of sliding block 81, but an individual stop is indicated. The operating mechanism for lever 78 is shown in Figs. 3 and 5 where similar numbers correspond to similar parts. The plate is prevented from reversing its direction of movement by detent pawl 82, Fig. 3, and from moving more than the distance desired by detent roller mechanism 83. Electrical connection for the operation of the plate control mechanism is maintained through the medium of a spring contact device 84, Figs. 2 and 3, send spring contact device'being provided at point 85 with a special form of contact point 86, Fig. 4, which drops through the orifice punched through the edge 0 the paper disk as the successive. erforations are brought beneath it as the disk 7 5 is rotated by the action of the plate feegl bar 25 as it moves the plates along to the printing position. This device will determine the printing of exactly the plates selected b the bookkeeper, and for which correspon ing perforations have been inade in the edge of the master disk.

My invention also includes a similar operatin device carrying a disk which is provide with the names radiallythereon instead of numbers, the names corresponding totbose on the series of plates in the filing areas-gene permits the selection of definite plates i'or imprinting therewith upon any matter whatsoever by placing this master record plate containing the series of names on the rotating disk 75, and controlling the action of the imprinting head by a special may be depressed by the operator at such times as deslred names appear in the window provided at186, the rotation of the plate being secured by control dowel 87, and the arm-'88 containing the window through ears bein rotatably mounted u on the rame of tfie selecting device, as own at 89, so that it may be conveniently swung out of the we, when new disks are being placed upon the selector. This disk may also be perforated along the. peripher as shownat 90, for use when using the contact 85; and automatic j printing. mechanism. Sa ha did; is shown in..F1g. 3 onl name; enough to illustrate this featureli and - indicators.

My invention com I'lSi'La rppwhle mounts for these rotating disks, sofliat they may be applied to or removed from the main of the automatic selector at will, rendaring the selecting device extremely flexible in its application. a j

"InQFig. 2 I have shown the front elevation of the special portion of the selector in which the said paper terminethe lates from is to bs dial-is: used to de- -e.. in explainingthis part of one whichthe printing which the name ap- .my invention we will assume for instance,

the case of a commercial house desiring to send out a number of statements, these statements based upon the ledger accounts as they exist on their books. They may have a list of 20,000 names, only 15,000 of which are to receive statements. It is obviously a laborious task to go through a series of plates and move the classification tabs as provided ordinarily on the plates, from one position to another; and it is equally as laborious to go through a list of 20,000 plates ah'd move selecting tabs from one position to another, or insert special loose tabs in their specific pockets for this purpose. To overcome the necessity of so much labor, I have designed the dial 73, as shown in Fig. 2. This paper disk bears uponits peleaves ofl on the former disk.

' drum 22 into their outermost riphery two-hundred and twenty-five consecutive numbers corresponding with the number of metallic plates packed in our filing trays. In usin this system of selecting, it will be necessary for the user to be supplied with a series of paper dials running consecutively from 1 to the highest number of the account which they may have, each plate starting with the next consecutive number to that at which the series Those parties to whom statements are to be sent are indicated by pressing the punching lever of a special punch, which punches a small hole, as shown in 74, Fig. 2, corresponding in position with the number of the plate from which the address is to be printedin the filing drawer. This punching mechanism has a ratchet action whereby the disk may be rotated one position for each time the lever is ressed, and itis thus a simple matter for the bookkeeper to readily indicate the exact address plates which are to be used in heading up the statements.

These disks are then iven to the operator of the printing macl i laced one after the other upon the disk 5, and set in such a position that the first or lowest number on the disk corresponds with the relative number of the first plate in the' tray as it passes under the selector comb. Inasmuch as there is no electrical connection necessary between the plates and the selector comb in this case, the device for depressing the selector comb is released, so that this portion of the mechanism is rendered inoperative Now, as the paper dial is rotated, the special contact point 85 of the spring 84, shown on-Fig. 3 and Fi 4, slips through the perforations and ma es a contact with the metallic plate directly behind, and this in turn operates the plate control magnets which force the contact pins in the plate control positions, as

shown at 23, Fig. 5. Then, as each plate passes toward the, printing head, the plate inc, and they are.

control drum is moved one position by the action of the lever 28, and w on the contact pin comes in contact with the plate 36, the electrical contact is made with the operating -magnets, causing the impression head to descend and to imprint the impression of the address on the statement head from the particular plate desired. After a paper dial to introduce new accounts under the old numbers, so that the plate trays may be filled with practically all live accounts. Of course, it is' readily seen that in order that this system may become operative with a "has been used for the selection of certain achigh degree of' efliciency and accuracy, it 1 will be necessary 'to .have exactly two-hundred and twenty-fiv e;. plates in each tray, and any blank numbers may be filled in with blank plates.

In Fig. 22 I show impression means consisting of a plurality of pads 43-43 There may be more or less. With this series of heads separate sheets or forms are to be used, one sheet'being fed beneath pad 43, another beneath pad 43 -and so on. Each pad. or member of the multiple impression head is controlled by a magnet like 38 and associated mechanism above described and each magnet is in circuit, through a rotary controller similar to the controller 22 before described and these are marked in Fig. 22 as 22 22", 22, 22, with battery 2. The selector plates are in circuit with the batter to and with the magnets 12, which through the armatures 18 control the setting of the contact pins in the rotary controllers to engage the contacts 36. mg plate. is lying at the station 10 and, the selector plate 1 is lowered its contact will engage the selector projection on the printing plate, if this plate is to be printed and the proper one of the magnets 12 will be energized to set the radial pin (it, the

Now when a printrotary controller belonging to this selected printing plate out in position to close the:

circuit through the contact. 36 with the magnet at the printing head so that at the propertime this head will be operated to print from this printing plate when this in its stepby step movement comes under this head. This plate will pass under the other embossed or otherwise provided on the print-- ing plates. at

vided into two isolated sections, either of tion mafy be removed from the printing station as air as desired with any desired number of stations in between. The impression head and its operating .mechanism may be therefore of any desired construction, the employment of the selecting mechanism located at a distant point not imposing. any restrictions'or limitations as to the charac- -ter or extent of the impression mechanism,

and this is true whether the impression head be of single or'multiple form. By the arrangement shown in Fig. 22 a selection may be made from any listofplates in any num- 'ber of classifications, (printing each classification upon its own in vidual sheet or paper strip. In this Fig. 22 a special connctor 91 1S employed for connecting the selector plate with any particular impression pad or member of the multiple head. Referring more particularly to some detail features of the apparatus: In Figs.l and 2 it will be observed that the selector comb plate is seated in a groove by means of a tongue on the plate proper, which is held in position by a plate 5 and clamping screws. In changing the selector plate for instance, from a simple to a compound plate, the one is removed and the other is placed in position, or special forms of selector plates suited to special forms of classification may be pointsto meet the se pctor projections as The comb plate of the selector may be di which may be used for selecting. In the comb plate of Fig. 1 there are twenty-eight contact fingers on each side, all in commonelectrical connection with the plate but with the divided plate just mentioned we would 'or fin ers on have two independent sets of contact points the selector plate, there being twent -eight points in each set and such a plate may be used as a compound selector.

The fingers 15 may be mounted on an insulated late and each have its own in; dividual electrical conneet'on, or only one finger may be used, and t is may be shiftable fromplace to over the appropriate fingera lilig. these w tures being mentioned to hasize the fact that I do not limit mysel to any particular form of contact As before stated, the

contact onselector member slips in guidethe selector frame so that it may be y'" ie'moved and replaced by another whichit is slipped out toward ig. 4.. Figs. 9, 15, 16,18 SllOW read the-guide tongues .5 on the various forms 'of selector members guide-ways of Zthe frame.

ig. 5, which removably, carries the comb which slip into the The frame 5,

plate or. selector member includes also ,across bar 5 with which the, rod 2 connects and closing a circuit used haying special" contact .circuit from battery 17 is for operating the frame vertically. Said frame 5, 5 is supported by leaf springs 5", Figs. 4, 5 and 8 which will allow it to move vertically while maintaining its parallelism with the record plate with which its fingers are to engage. The springs 5" are connected with the main frame of the attachment.

Revcrtingto the index cards 45 and 72 for preventing error in making the selection, there is one of these cards for each class from which selections are to be made, or one card can be printed to serve for all of the classes that the list contains.

everting'to the chart 73, and others of similar form, I prefer to place numbers on the plates, these plates being then serially arranged from' 1 to 225. The foregoing description makes it clear that the chart may be used in several different ways either as an indicator to notify the attendant when to make the impression, this being under his control by pushing a button 92, Fig. 23, which includes the magnet 38, the notification to the attendant being secured by the name on the chart appearing at the window 86 or, the chart may automatically close the circuit to the electromagnet 38, said chart having the perforations above described for this purpose in connection with the contact 85,- 86, and the chart being rotated step by step. When this automatic operation is performed the circuit is from battery. 17 F ig. 23 through wire 7 to the chart carrier, the contact 85, switch g, wire hjto magnet 38, and thence back to the battery, a switch at i being open to make'selector inoperative together with magnets 12 and controller 22. In neither of the above forms is the selector comb or member' 1 used, the apparatus however is organized to use either one of the above systems at will of the user according to the class of Work he may be doing at the moment. If he is sending out statements he would use the chart in either of the above ways. The selector comb or member may be left in place and its contact fingers may be in which both the controller 22 and the chart are employed, and in which thechart may .be .used in either of the two ways above mentioned, or in a third way, e., as a se lector for the rotary contrciler 22, the selector 1 being out [of use. In this case the through- 7, chart :{adjusted'to be out of use while-the chart is V 73, switch g;--w1 re k, magnet 12, switch 2 wire Z, back to the battery. This will operate the armature 18 and set the-properpin on the controller 22, and this w ll operate after the proper number of steps to close the circuit at 36. I The selector 1 in this op eration is cut out. I 1 

